Russia’s ZiO-Podolsk to supply components to Kudankulam n-plant

Chennai: ZiO-Podolsk, the machine engineering arm of Russian nuclear group Rosatom has been qualified to supply equipments for the third and fourth nuclear power units to be set up in Tamil Nadu.

In a statement issued late Thursday, Rosatom, Russia’s state atomic energy corporation said ZiO-Podolsk has passed an audit to become an equipment supplier for the second phase of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP).

The audit was carried out by representatives of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) and the general contractor – ASE Engineering Group.

According to the statement, ZiO-Podolsk will produce eight sets of separator super heaters and the same number of high-pressure pre-heaters for the new reactors at Kudankulam.

Representatives of NPCIL visited the manufacturing arm of ZiO-Podolsk to get to know the technological infrastructure and production practices of the division.